DEPRAVED CHINESE.
MASQUERADING AS CONVERTS.
THE MURDER OF MISS SIGEL United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received June 22, 8.35 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, June 21. Elsia Sigel, whose body was found in a bunk in a Chinese lodgings in Chinatown, is considered to have been a victim of a band of depraved Chinese, who were masguerading as converts to Christianity. She took pride in her converts and visited Chinatown without suspecting danger. Scores of letters from white women were discovered in the murderer's lodgings.
The cable message on Monday reported the crime as having been committed in New York.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9224, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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99DEPRAVED CHINESE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9224, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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